FOLK HEARTH

BIBLIOGRAPHY

(CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER)

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This bibliography represents by no means an exhaustive list of all the works I have researched, examined, and scrutinized. In addition to the sources listed here, many other cultural, religious, and philosophical materials have informed my studies, research and contemplation.

These are part of the formative influences span the breadth of human thought, encompassing monotheistic and polytheistic traditions, and numerous other systems of philosophy, belief and reflection. When possible I try to find out more about the biography of the authors, when they lived and consider what may have or what they have openly gone record as stating the motivations behind their claims. Without taking that into consideration, you don't have enough data to make a solid or reasonable conclusion.

The “Just Semantics”

Deflection of Cowards

The phrase “it’s just semantics” is commonly used to dismiss concerns about wording, terminology, or definitional accuracy. It is often meant to suggest that language differences are superficial and do not affect the substance of a disagreement. However, in philosophical, ethical, and even everyday reasoning, this assumption is usually false. If Genetics don't matter than objecting to corrections are pointless in and of themselves. That contradiction cannot stand and shouldn't.

Semantics are not a distraction from meaning—they are the structure of meaning. When people dismiss semantic clarification, they are often not removing confusion; they are preserving it.

1. Meaning Is Built From Language, Not Separate From It